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    From the page: "Teleportation is the name given by science fiction writers to the feat of making an object or person disintegrate in one place while a perfect replica appears somewhere else. How this is accomplished is usually not explained in detail, but the general idea seems to be that... more

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  • Rated by Dusthermit on Nov 02, 9:50pm

    I like it.

  • Rated by Skye-Fi on Aug 11, 9:35pm

    I like the accessible manner in which this article is written. I can grasp the concept without getting mired in technical jargon. But seriously- this does not sound like something I'd ever want to experience personally! Ouch!

  • Rated by hasai on Aug 04, 11:23pm

    From the page: "Teleportation is the name given by science fiction writers to the feat of making an object or person disintegrate in one place while a perfect replica appears somewhere else. How this is accomplished is usually not explained in detail, but the general idea seems to be that the original object is scanned in such a way as to extract all the information from it, then this information is transmitted to the receiving location and used to construct the replica, not necessarily from the actual material of the original, but perhaps from atoms of the same kinds, arranged in exactly the same pattern as the original. A teleportation machine would be like a fax machine, except that it would work on 3-dimensional objects as well as documents, it would produce an exact copy rather than an approximate facsimile, and it would destroy the original in the process of scanning it. A few science fiction writers consider teleporters that preserve the original, and the plot gets complicated when the original and teleported versions of the same person meet; but the more common kind of teleporter destroys the original, functioning as a super transportation device, not as a perfect replicator of souls and bodies. "

  • Rated by geauxlsu225 on Jul 02, 10:10pm

    really possible?!?!?!?

  • Rated by Rustynub on Jun 24, 12:58pm

    I'd only ever use a teleporter that didn't destroy the original, for I value my life greatly and wouldn't risk the possibilities

  • Rated by toxae on Jun 11, 10:43am

    yeh no more cars on the road!

  • Rated by dietz5244 on May 21, 6:15pm

    Ranci11 - One of the great things about quantum teleportation is that there is no copying and storage of information in the sense that you mean. Particle A interacts with particle B which is entangled with particle C. The interaction transmits information from A to B and B immediately transmits that information to C no matter where particle C is in the universe. This certainly is no simple endeavor, but there is no need for information copying or storage beyond what the individual particles are directly engaged in. If you're unfamiliar with quantum entanglement it simply means that when any two particles are entangled then separated any action taken upon one particle is immediately seen in the other no matter how far they are spaced apart. This idea was originally proposed by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen to demonstrate the absurdity of quantum theory, since the effect appears to be action at a distance and seems to violate Special Relativity, but has since been confirmed through a multitude of experiments.

  • Reviewed by ActionJeans on May 11 2009, 11:27pm

    Sure, the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect is all well and good but according to the Henson-Oz effect, getting there is half the fun, so what's the point?

  • Rated by kefertin on May 10 2009, 4:38pm

    Ow, my brain :(